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Vizzy
Vijaya Anand (Rajkumar of Vizianagram)
Born: 28 December 1905, Benares (now Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh
Died: 2 December 1965, Benares (now Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh
Major Teams: Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI, United Province, India.
Known As: Vizzy
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Test Debut: India v England at Lord's, 1st Test, 1936
Latest Test: India v England at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1936
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 15/08/1936)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 3 6 2 33 19* 8.25 0 0 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(1930/31 - 1935/36)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 47 73 7 1228 77 18.60 0 18 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 139 4 34.75 1-1 0 0
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Better known as `Vizzy', the Maharajah of Vizianagram takes his place
as one of the most colourful and controversial characters in the
history of Indian cricket. A great patron of the game in the late
twenties and thirties, `Vizzy' used his personal wealth to get
legendary cricketers like Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe to play in
India. His immense wealth and interest in the game saw him rise to be
an influential figure in Indian cricket circles in the thirties,
enough for him to be appointed captain of the Indian team which toured
England in 1936, though `Vizzy', truth to tell, was not even at the
first class level as a player. He failed in all the Tests, and the
tour was one of the unhappiest by an Indian team anywhere. The team
was badly divided, the lack of team spirit showed on the field and in
events off it and `Vizzy' clearly overplayed his hand in sending back
Lala Amarnath, the team's outstanding all rounder back to India on
disciplinary grounds. During the tour however he received his
knighthood. A rather small, bespectacled and plumpish figure, `Vizzy'
was the favourite of caricaturists.
Not unexpectedly, the enquiry instituted to go into the disastrous
tour came down heavily on `Vizzy' and for a long time he maintained a
low profile. In the fifties, however he was back on the scene as a
politician, broadcaster, BCCI president and long time administrator of
the game in Uttar Pradesh. It was largely because of his influence
that Kanpur was made a Test centre.(Partab Ramchand)
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